OTTAWA - The Canadian Soccer Association announced on Thursday that its men's national team will face Japan in a friendly on March 22 at the Khalifa Stadium in Doha, Qatar.

The friendly will be Canada's third match of the 2013 season, following a pair of January fixtures against Denmark (January 26 in Tucson, Arizona) and the United States (January 29 in Houston, Texas).

The Canadians last squared off against Japan on May 31, 2001, at the FIFA Confederations Cup. The Japanese scored three second-half goals to win 3-0 in front of a crowd of 39,006 at the Niigata Stadium in Niigata, Japan.

The match will be part of Canada's continued preparations for the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup.